Date Range: July 31, 2010 - July 1, 2010

July 20, 2010, 12:19AM

Since the dawn of time, or at least the 1950s, one fundamental difference between men and women is what they do at parties. Women had parties to buy cookware, candles, food-storage containers, cosmetics and sex toys. Men had parties to play poker and call each other vile names. Times are changing. A University of Minnesota student recently became the first... Full story »

July 19, 2010, 7:13AM

On Wednesday I had columns due for two publications. So, I did what any lifelong procrastinator would do. I ran errands. I went to the grocery store. I went to ReStore with some donations. I went to the post office, the book store, the church to turn in raffle tickets I’d sold, to Goodwill where I found a bag... Full story »

July 18, 2010, 6:47AM

There’s a woman I know, someone I call a friend, even though we haven’t seen each other for years. Time, family obligations, work, distance: All take their toll. But I’ve been thinking about her a lot this week, given the news out of South Christian High School in Grand Rapids where a teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually... Full story »

July 18, 2010, 6:44AM

OK, let’s get this out of the way. In a vague sort of scattergun, something’s-gotta-stick kind of way, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was right. But he was more wrong than right. In fact, he was so far wrong on this one that right barely registers. What I’m talking about is Jackson’s now-infamous statement that Dan Gilbert, the owner of... Full story »

July 18, 2010, 6:00AM

The Grand River does not always live up to its name, but there's still majesty in the 262-mile waterway, Michigan's longest. It has an awe-inspiring past. Like many of this state's lakes and rivers, it was carved out by glaciers and ran more than 100 feet deep in places. It is a vital part of our present. The river connects... Full story »

July 17, 2010, 12:05AM

Sunken treasure sat on the bottom of Olcott Lake for more than half a century. It wasn't gold or jewels, but treasure is not always worth big money. John Logue lived on Olcott Lake, also called Big Olcott Lake, in Napoleon Township from 1955 until moving to Florida last fall. He said the story begins in about 1956, when a... Full story »